Egypt has released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein after more than four years in detention without formal charges or trial.

Graduate student Ahmed Samir Santawy, who had been held incommunicado since February 1, has been ordered held in remand for 15 days by the State Security Prosecution, according to his lawyers.

On Wednesday, Cairo’s Economic Court turned down an appeal filed by actress Samia Ahmed Attia Abdel Rahman, known better as for “Sama al-Masry”, against a previous court ruling sentencing her to one year in prison and a fine of LE100,000 over charges of “violating public modesty and immorality.”

Haneen Hossam and Mawada al-Adham, TikTok bloggers, had their detention renewed on Tuesday for 15 days pending investigation into charges of human trafficking.

Egyptian judicial authorities on Monday ordered that 50 leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group be placed on the state’s terrorism list.

Egypt’s court of cassation yesterday sentenced 23 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to five years in prison and acquitted five others.

The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood said Monday that the decision of authorities to confiscate the assets of 89 of the group’s leaders and figures is a politically-motivated revenge against it.

An Egyptian court on Sunday ordered the seizure of assets of former president Mohamed Morsi and 88 other members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a judicial source said.

An Egyptian court Thursday prolonged the detention of two young women, accusing them of human trafficking connected to social media videos, after their acquittal this week on other charges, legal sources said.

An Egyptian appeals court has acquitted two young women imprisoned for “attacking society’s values” over videos they published on TikTok.